org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.optional.depend
Class ClassFile

java.lang.Object
  org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.optional.depend.ClassFile

public class ClassFile
extends java.lang.Object

A ClassFile object stores information about a Java class. The class may be read from a DataInputStream.and written to a DataOutputStream. These are usually streams from a Java class file or a class file component of a Jar file.

Constructor Summary

ClassFile()

Method Summary

java.util.Vector	getClassRefs() Get the classes which this class references.
java.lang.String	getFullClassName() Get the class' fully qualified name in dot format.
void	read(java.io.InputStream stream) Read the class from a data stream.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

ClassFile

public ClassFile()

Method Detail

read

public void read(java.io.InputStream stream)
          throws java.io.IOException,
                 java.lang.ClassFormatError

Read the class from a data stream. This method takes an InputStream as input and parses the class from the stream.

Parameters:

stream - an InputStream from which the class will be read

Throws:

java.io.IOException - if there is a problem reading from the given stream.

java.lang.ClassFormatError - if the class cannot be parsed correctly

getClassRefs

public java.util.Vector getClassRefs()

Get the classes which this class references.

Returns:

a vector of class names which this class references

getFullClassName

public java.lang.String getFullClassName()

Get the class' fully qualified name in dot format.

Returns:

the class name in dot format (eg. java.lang.Object)